Sengawa Kagome

"Coming from the faraway fantasyland, I am the Magus: Nelle-Nelle. Hey, do you believe in Magic?"

- Kagome's Self-Introduction Catchphrase

Kagome Sengawa (仙川 かごめ Sengawa Kagome) is one of the current candidates for AKB0048's 155th generation draft.

Kagome is well known to be a Chuunibyou, but also an extremely clumsy girl. She adores fairy tales and proclaims herself as "Nelle-Nelle" (ネル ネル) Chosen One; a Magus serving the Great Light, allied with dragons and demon hunter in search of her 'confreres'. Her hometown is "Evergarden", a peaceful place whose tranquility is often threatened by demons. She is a loyal member of the Holy Magus' Brotherhood, a secret organization that works for the peace and extermination of demons around the world. Her main ability is creating miracles, but she can also use the five elements. Her magical device is her wand "Mystical Kaleid Garnet". She made it herself, but she claims it's a gift given to her by The Goddess of Love Freyja to thank her for protecting her kingdom during one of her missions.

She often tries to look cool but is generally ridiculed in the processus. Kagome takes a lot of pride in her "status", her "vast magical powers" and especially in her fantastic beliefs.

Appearance
The atypical general appearance of Kagome tends to attract attention, and that's what she wants. Like the majority of the inhabitants of Sorastar, her skin is tanned. Her hair is light green-coloured, relatively short (with the usual heart-lining), usually tied in a small French braid passed over her chest. An Ahoge stands on the top of her head, that move according to her moods. There is also a thin braid that crosses the top of her head. She ties her hair in the Odango hairstyle when she finally decides to practice or play sports.

Her most remarkable feature is probably her heterochromatic eyes, the left eye being golden ochre-coloured and the right eye having an intriguing shade that oscillates between the light blue, green and gray with more the usual heart-reflection common to all members of the 00, a butterfly-reflection in each of them, demonstrating her fantastical personality. She is very proud of these two abnormal characteristics and insists that they are "magical", even claiming that her eyes can read through the hearts and minds of people. In truth, she actually wears a lens and the natural color of her eyes is ochre. She deliberately dyed her hair (originally ebony) and bought lenses to the chagrin of her mother to better match her "role" as Chosen One. Butterfly-reflection have appeared since the divorce of her parents.

She frequently wears a medical eye patch over her right eye. She claims that this eye patch seals her immense power and that she only removes it in very difficult situations where she needs a lot of magic power. Though in reality, she wears it just for style.

Kagome always wears a small bird-shaped earring on her left ear in memory of hers. She does not seem to be aware of it though.

She has a figure and a size slightly delicate for her age. Due to her perpetual clumsiness, Kagome hurts herself easily, which causes her to always have at least one bandage on her body, often placed on her knee. However, she makes believe that she got them during "dangerous battles against the demons". Because of her many falls, her legs are well-toned.

The dress style of Kagome is extremely unusual. She doesn't care about current fashion trends and follows her own desires. Her clothes are flashy the most of the time, with an abundance of fancy accessories and she doesn't like wearing makeup. Her wardrobe is filled with fantasy-inspired clothes reminiscent of Wizard-themed RPG.

Personality
Kagome is a Chuunibyou, which makes her extremely eccentric, easy to love or dislike. Really, Kagome can switches mood very easily for trivial things that-more-is. She has a great wealth of facial expression at her disposal and a tendency to (under the effect of an uncontrollable thrust of imagination) invent new terms often tacky. She can be chipper, brave, comical and fun as she can be chicken-hearted (though she will never admit it), crybaby, impulsive, arrogant, sarcastic, bratty, spoiled, overly curious and selfish. Kagome tends to be somewhat blunt from time to time, even towards Senpai or adults because she thinks only after speaking.

She would do anything to stand out from others. On top of that, she is able to be incredibly stubborn, refusing to admit when she is wrong. She is also clumsy. Very clumsy. Because of her clumsiness and attitude, Kagome can also easily put herself into incredible trouble even if she still finds a creative solution to get by.

She always strives her to appear clever, confident and brilliant. That's why she wants at all costs to hide the fact that she was bullied. She always tries to hide her insecurities and weaknesses.

Kagome is completely non-conformist; her behavior, actions, and voice are usually fanciful, and she quickly walks away from a conversation she finds unattractive. She displays a standard of unusual aesthetics on "whether this is sparkling or unsparkling" (sparkling being an expression created by herself that she uses instead of "cool").

Kagome usually acts laid-back, unless someone directly insults her beliefs, is challenged or when she has the stage fright. She is convinced that all the supernatural elements pervasive in her overflowing imagination (Magic, spells, Magus, demons, fairies, elves, ghosts, dragons, witches, vampires, sirens, etc.) are real and consider herself to be a "Chosen One" to be one of the only humans to be able to "communicate" with them in addition to having the "privilege" of being a Magus.

That's pretty much the only things she really takes seriously, the only thing she sees as something that gives meaning to her existence and is worthy of interest. She hates being called "silly" or "crazy" by others because that's how her bullies and her brother called her. While the majority of people she meets think she's crazy, she thinks it's the majority of the population who is silly not to believe her. Essentially, in her eyes, either you are on her side (so you believe in Magic and that kind of thing) or you are against her. She also has the bad habit of wanting to "convert" virtually all the people she meets to her magical faith in order to rally them to her cause.

Kagome has no cruel intentions but she thinks that thanks to her "talents" as Magus, she can easily become an top-idol. In other words, she is able to be very serious in a situation that she considers important or to approach it as casually when she is in a situation where she sees no interest. It takes a lot of persuasion to motivate her if she is in her lazy mode. However, if someone manages to push her buttons far enough, Kagome can be devoted, competitive and determined in something that does not concern Magic.

In fact, in the depths of her heart, since the divorce of her parents, of which she believes to be the one and only culprit, her mind is more fragile than anyone's. Fragile to the point that she flees and protects herself from reality with her Chuunibyou personality, because she is afraid to face her by accepting her as it is. She is horribly afraid to face all the problems of life. This deep-seated fear in her soul prevents her from properly distinguishing her imagination from reality, and this leads her to compulsively lie without even realizing it. Including and especially to herself, by the way. That's why her comrades found her weird and called her crazy. She has always told unrealistic stories invented by herself that she has stubbornly claimed to have lived. As children, her classmates did not understand her unhappiness. It may seem that she is unable to take care of others because of her partial disconnection from reality, but that is partly wrong. Kagome knows how to be caring and compassionate, in her own strange way, although she is still more concerned about "Sparklingness" and "Badassness".

Kagome is lacking in attention and affection. Her Chuunibyou personality is surely also a way to attract attention. She is very attention-seeking and hates being ignored, because she's actually rather lonely because of her wacky behavior that keeps her away from others. Kagome just desperately wants to find friends, preferably other "chosen ones". She thinks she will find that attitude. Whereas she may seems naive, in truth she trusts people with difficulty, terrified of being bullied again as she was at school. She is "pure-hearted", and it is sometimes this purity that can hurt the feelings of others. She is someone whose heart could easily break if filled with love or other human feelings. Her logic differs greatly from that which is normally taught as the good.

She is an ambivert, so there are also strange times when it is more quiet and distant.

Unlike many characters, because of her total lack of self-awareness, her personality does not undergo much change on stage because she is not afraid to show who she really is, albeit she can be secretly very nervous about her choreography.

Skills
As expected, the overwhelming majority of Kagome's hobbies are related to occultism. She does not hesitate to take risks to carry out her magical experiments, though these often go wrong. Because of her passion for the supernatural, Kagome is knowledgeable about different mythologies, legends and fairy tales. She also likes to share her knowledge.

Yuyuri taught Kagome how to play Euphonium and Sitar. Kagome knows some melodies, but she is only a beginner. Therefore, she still makes a lot of mistakes.

Yuyuri did almost everything for Kagome, so there are several common terms that Kagome doesn't know, or several "normal" things she does not know how to do, such as cleaning or cooking.

Kagome has a relative ear she discovered while listening to the songs of the 00.

Despite her usual laziness, she enjoys short-distance running from time to time for pleasure to feel the wind caress her skin. Kagome is able to run ridiculously fast, however she has little stamina and slow down or falls quickly. Ironically thanks to her awkwardness, despite her frail appearance, her body is much more robust than you might think because it is used to shocks.

Kagome has some artistic "eye". She loves to photographing anything she finds "extraordinary". Perhaps coming from this talent as photographer, Kagome can be quite insightful at times, and notice subtle details. She also knows a lot about birds because she has used to have one and enjoys observe them.

Chronology
Kagome was born, and was raised in Sorastar. Her life has started pretty well. She comes from a relatively well-off social class, thanks to the high-ranking work of her father, head of a prestigious company. She loved her parents, and her parents loved her in return. They have always had a somewhat "laissez-faire" mentality towards their children. Despite her constant arguments with Souji, her older brother, her life was relatively normal. She had friends at school. In spit of her laziness (she was sometimes sleeping in class), she managed to get average or even above average grades with minimal effort, and most of the time, her teachers appreciated her good mood and her talent for photography. She loved to photographing and "capture" all the extraordinary things she saw.

Kagome was therefore generally a happy child. She and her brother were getting almost everything they wanted. That's why Kagome is rather lazy. She rarely had to work hard to get what she wanted. According to her, she did not have to worry about her future because of her father's work. She even owned a little bird named Popo as a pet. Kagome and her older brother also had a caring governess named Yuyuri who took care of them. Her parents hired her because Kagome's mother was affected by a slight blindness. Souji and Kagome were very close to her, and she was also the mediator in their bickering, listening carefully to everyone's arguments. She cared a lot about them, to the point that they considered her a kind of older sister. Yuyuri loved ballet and playing Euphonium, and she learned some basics to Kagome. Kagome thought she would still live such easy life.

Despite this comfortable life, as far back as she can remember, Kagome always thought that the real world was a bit boring. That's why she loved reading fantasy stories, especially fairy tales, and inventing stories or some other life. Her favorite story was when she imagined herself as a Magus and living in a huge mystical forest. But before her parents' divorce, all this was nothing more than a hobby.

Unfortunately, the years passed and her parents quarreled more and more, especially about the declining turnover of the family company. They were always disagreeing for a yes or no. They took less and less care of their children. Because of their negligence, Kagome began to read more and more fairy tales and invent her own world, her imagination gradually encroaching on her perception of reality, while her brother turned into a kind of delinquant. Yuyuri could no longer stand to see Kagome and her brother suffer in silence, and took the initiative to confront Kagome's parents about their lack of consideration for their own children. This led to a violent argument between them, where she reproached them for neglecting their child because of their problems. Yuyuri finally decided to leave, Kagome tried to hold her back, but Yuyuri simply told her that she had to stay brave. After that, Kagome never saw her again, which made her very sad.

When her parents ended up divorcing, her big brother blamed her and told her brutally that all the misfortunes that were happening to them were entirely her fault. These words forever marked Kagome's spirit and greatly fueled her sadness. Her mother got her guard and her father got that from her big brother. Her mother moved and she had to leave all her friends and all her benchmarks behind her. Popo, whom she loved as much as a true friend, died in a mysterious accident just after her move. Needless to say, she was no longer happy. Her mother used to be a housewife, so she had to work very hard to keep them in decent living conditions, especially in a planet like hers. Moreover, it was difficult for her to find a job because of her partial blindness. She could not properly take care of her daughter anymore.

All these events were way too much for Kagome, and the global shock of her situation led her to become totally immersed in her imagination. Thus, it is almost naturally that she turned to paranormal and occultism. She wanted to escape the cruel reality, at any price. She drowned in her own lies and took refuge in her own bubble.

Being a new pupil in a school that seemed hostile to her, her quirks and her flagrant lies incited the other children to bully her. Kagome was often mocked and had great difficulty in making friends, so much so that she developed a severe school phobia and her mother bitterly decided to buy distance education for her.

In addition, her mother also wanted Kagome to do a sportive activity, believing that it would help her daughter to integrate better. Kagome naively chose ballet because she admired the style of dance that Yuyuri loved to dance. She regrets this choice until now and considers it one of her worst mistakes. Indeed, Kagome was extremely clumsy and lazy (and still is). Her dance teacher was very mean, strict and demanding to her, criticizing her at the slightest wrong step and humiliating her in front of all her "comrades" who did not hesitate to make fun of her. She did not tolerate her Chunibyou behavior at all.

At the end of year performance, Kagome still wanted to please her family, especially her father who had come just to see her. Unluckily her tutus were tampered with by her "comrades" (the teacher knew it but she did nothing to stop them) and she fell in front of all the spectators, including her family. The humiliated girl ran away before the end of the performance, crying.

Kagome already knew the 00s thanks to Yuyuri, but became more interested in them while surfing on the Internet. She instantly became a big fan of Aimi, whom she considers her as her fairy godmother and Master : Titania, Fairy Queen of The Land of Eternity. Kagome fervently believes that "Titania" was her Master in a previous life (the one before her parents divorced) and decided to be her "disciple" again. She is not really a fan of the group in general, and just wants to get in to get close of her Oshimen. This is because she is extremely afraid of being disappointed by being too involved in reality and giving her best. Basically, this means that she does not take the idol profession seriously and that it is just a hobby for her. She likes the band without more, for fear of suffering. She also sees becoming a famous idol as an excellent opportunity to preach her beliefs throughout the galaxy.

Her mother no longer know how to handle her daughter. She is reluctant to tell her the truth about her birth. She thinks Kagome has become so because, like her big brother, she has been hanging out in the Sorastar's disreputable neighborhoods. She blames herself for that, thinking that she is a bad mother and that she failed to educate her daughter well, especially when Kagome nonchalantly told her that in order to expand her magical faith and meet her Master, she would become an idol. Her mother did not stop her because she secretly hoped that in front of an idol, Kagome would perhaps reconnect with reality.

Etymology
"Sengawa" is written as 仙川. 仙 has multiple meanings that are almost all related to the supernatural, in keeping with Kagome's personality. It comes from 仙女 which can be translated as fairy, nymph, celestial maiden, mage, wise, sorcerer, hermit, supernatural techniques and also comes from 仙境 which can be translated as Enchanted land, land of fairies. 川 can be translated as river, a common suffix in Japanese last names.

"Kagome" is written as かごめ means birdcage in Japanese, which likely refers to Kagome's love for birds.

"Nelle-Nelle" ネル ネル; Her nickname has no special meaning.

Quotes

 * "Coming from the faraway fantasyland, I am the Magus : Nelle-Nelle. Hey, do you believe in Magic? " - Kagome's Self-Introduction Catchphrase.

Achievements

 * -|Senbatsu Sousenkyo=


 * -|Jyanken Taikai=


 * -|AKBingo!


 * -|Lucky Ranking=

Career

 * -|Acting=

Trivia

 * Audition Song: Yumemiru no Youna
 * Charm Points : Eccentricity and eyes
 * Penlight Colour : Toffee Brown
 * Blood Type: O
 * Favourite Flower: Lily of the Valley
 * Favourite Foods: Mangoes, Mango Vanilla Crepe, Melonpan, Takoyaki, Halwa, Cucumber, Pistachio Ice Cream, Cacao
 * She claims to love every fruits.
 * Favourite Drinks: Melon cream soda, Guava juice
 * Hobbies: Performing Magic Tricks, Occultism, Fortune-telling, Bird-watching, Reading fairy tales, Photography, Daydreaming, Dressing herself as "Magus".
 * She constantly claims to have "exceptionally powerful magical powers" that she is forced to use at least once a day at the risk of dying. She is very confident and proud of her magical abilities. She will challenge anyone who question them.
 * If she does not like someone, she'll curse him out aloudly.
 * Kagome is quite handy.
 * She made her magic wand on her own.
 * By the way, don't hide or break her magical wand. Don't do that. Please.
 * Kagome hates school and has a huge school phobia because of the bullying she suffered. Literally, the school is a living Hell created by humans possessed by the most sadistic demons in her eyes. She hates even talking about it.
 * She also afraid of the eyes of dead fish.
 * Probably in order to make her "status" of Magus even more credible, Kagome speaks in a rather old-style Japanese dialect, and adresses herself with "Wagahai" (我輩) most of the time.
 * Her favourite fairytale is Alice in Wonderland.
 * While she prefers fairy tales to Magical Girl TV, Kagome has recently taken interest in Protocol Magi :ORIGIN.
 * She has a blog where she tells her "adventures", and recites speeches to encourage people to believe in her beliefs.
 * Kagome owns a "spellbook", containing many "fearsome" magic spells offered by the "Brotherhood of the Magus". In fact, it is a register created by herself of all the spells that she has been able to read in tales.
 * Even though Kagome claims that her most treasured items are her magic wand and her spellbook, in reality her most treasured items are the Euphonium Yuyuri gave her, the state-of-the-art camera her parents gave her on her birthday when she was a kid, and a family photo with everyone, Yuyuri, her big brother, her parents when they were still married, herself in the middle, sitting on a chair, her chick in her arms.
 * Kagome sleeptalks, it's one of the few times you can hear her talking about her fears and insecurities, albeilt she does it incomprehensibly by mumbling a few keywords.
 * Kagome is partly Indian from her mother.
 * Her mother language is Japanese. She has an average level of English thanks to school. She can speaks a little Hindi thanks to her mother, and Yuyuri also taught her some notions of Chinese. As a Magus, she learned a few sentences in Latin.
 * If you give her a broom, don't expect Kagome to understand that it is to clean up because instead of that, she will try to fly with it.
 * She has not eaten chicken or eggs since her bird pet died.
 * Kagome loves playing with snow because it is a very rare phenomenon in Sorastar.
 * The only drawback is that like Paruru, she doesn't stand the cold very well.
 * Her audition number was #3010.
 * Her voice actress was chosen because she voiced Megumin, a real Arch Wizard from the anime Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Kagome's personality is very similar to Megumin's.
 * Apparently, somebody headcanons her to be trans. Nothing has been confirmed yet....